WISEWOMAN Works: A Collection of Success Stories on Empowering Women to Stop Smoking

摘要

Smoking is an important risk factor for heart disease. This publication gives you only a glimpse of the many ways that WISEWOMAN projects are helping women across the country stop using tobacco products and lower their risks for cardiovascular disease. The women in these stories are part of a much larger group of womenmore than 26,000who participate in WISEWOMAN projects funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). These stories tell of grassroots efforts that deliver WISEWOMAN services to financially disadvantaged women. This kind of grassroots-level success will pave the way for us to reach even more women in need.